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Newsmakers: New President Faces Tough Challenge Managing Debt Woes

NEWSMAKERS: CYPRUS By Justin Keay With Cyprus in the midst of facing down the EU while battling to rescue its biggest banks, and during its worst economic crisis since independence in 1960— unemployment is above15%, and GDP could contract by ...

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Newsmakers: Peaceful Election Sets Stage For Investment Bonanza

NEWSMAKERS: KENYA By Dan Keeler Kenya appears set to reap a substantial investment dividend in the wake of its largely peaceful presidential election held in early March. Kenyatta beats his rivals Analysts believe that portfolio flows and foreign ...

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Regional Report: Asia

A DECOUPLING IN THE WORKS By Udayan Gupta Intraregional investment within Asia is starting to take hold—reducing reliance on demand from developed markets. When Essar Power, a unit of Asian energy giant Essar Energy, raised approximately $900 ...

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Risk Management: Emerging Markets Risks

SEEKING CONSISTENCY By Paula Green Multinationals struggle to manage business risks—such as political, reputational and tax risks—and insurance issues, as they expand their emerging markets footprint. And some of those risks are on the rise. Ace Hardware ...

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Awards: Treasury & Cash Management 2013

BEST IN SHOW By Anita Hawser and Rebecca Brace Global Finance presents the winners of its Treasury & Cash Management Providers Awards 2013. This year, we have expanded our evaluation process to include a survey of our corporate ...

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Best Treasury and Cash Management Providers 2013: Global Winners

GLOBAL WINNERS By Anita Hawser and Rebecca Brace BEST TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS 2013: GLOBAL WINNERS Best Overall Bank for Cash Management Citi Best White Label System Provider BNY Mellon BEST OVERALL BANK FOR CASH MANAGEMENT ...

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Best Treasury and Cash Management Providers 2013: Regional Winners

REGIONAL WINNERS By Anita Hawser and Rebecca Brace BEST TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS 2013: REGIONAL WINNERS Best Overall Bank for Cash Management North America Bank of America Merrill Lynch Latin America Citi Western Europe Deutsche Bank ...

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Best Treasury and Cash Management Providers 2013: System And Services Winners

SYSTEMS AND SERVICES PROVIDERS By Anita Hawser and Rebecca Brace BEST TREASURY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND SERVICES PROVIDERS Accounts Payable Services BNY Mellon SourceNet Accounts Receivable Services SunGard AvantGard Receivables Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment Services Basware Payroll Services ...

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Cover: Reinventing The Swiss Bank

ADAPT TO SURVIVE By Michael Shari A unique banking system long revered as a safe haven for the world’s tax dodgers now faces gut-wrenching transformation in order to endure. For centuries Swiss banks have thrived on absolute ...

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Debt: Distressed Corp Deals Decline

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: CORPORATE DEBT By Gordon Platt Distressed debt and bankruptcy restructurings completed in 2012 more than doubled from 2011 to $423 billion, according to Thomson Reuters. Excluding Greece’s record $263 billion debt-exchange transaction, however, produces a very ...

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Emerging Markets Roundup: Africa

CHEVRON BOOSTS ITS INVEST-MENT IN AFRICAN BLACK GOLD By Antonio Guerrero Global oil group Chevron approved a $5.6 billion development project in Angola. The Mafumeira Sul offshore oil field will be its second-largest African investment, after the Agbami ...

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Emerging Markets Roundup: India

RESERVE BANK OF INDIA PUSHES FOR GROWTH WITH RATE CUT By Aaron Chaze The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates for the first time in nine months on January 30, reducing the repo rate by 25 basis ...